Two hours later, the boy came down with the same symptoms. We didn't take him in.
They pretty much laid around and watched TV for five days, milking it for all it was worth, but never got overly sick beyond a high fever and one heck of a cough.
Last Thursday, the Ish wasn't feeling well. She had no symptoms other than "I'm tired", so I sent her to school. After school, she came to my office and said "I have a headache". That was my first sign. Her temperature was 101. At least she's not contagious yet. HA!
The next day, Friday, she woke up with a fever of 104.4. I rushed her to the doctor and they confirmed that she had the flu. Now what kind, I do not know for sure since they are no longer testing for the Swine Flu, they are just assuming that all cases of the flu are the swine flu. They also told me they had a lot of false negatives and they are pretty sure the other two also had the swine flu. Two weeks ago they would get 4-5 positive results a day. Now they are getting 25 a day.
I took my baby home, gave her a dose of Tamiflu and Tylenol, tossed her in a lukewarm shower and hoped for the best. She got out and fell asleep on the living room floor.
She woke up 15 minutes later with horrible stomach pain. She was in agony. Poor baby! I laid by her on my bed while she cried, and then out of the blue she threw up and said "Okay, I'm fine now" and she was. Her temperature was high, around 103 all day, but she wasn't tired, she wasn't any more irritable than usual, just bossy. "I need more fruit. I need a drink." The usual.
By Saturday, she was just fine. She still has a cough, but nothing even close to what her siblings had.
The swine flu cometh. The swine flu goeth. I hope. I still haven't had it. Knock on wood!
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This was pretty much or experience too. Wells and Jack were both sick at the beginning of school, all the symptoms but tested negative.
Last week Quincy had no symptoms except for 99.9 fever and a croupy cough. After three days of croup, and that low, non fever, the diagnosis was strep throat. Negative swine. But the doctor said they were getting a lot of false negatives with strep positives and they wanted to do a second test?
We went home, the fever went up to the 103's for three days, somewhere in there the doc called and said "yup, swine" but by then things had run their course and I was self medicating the cough with medicine the allergist prescribed to Jack last month. (Horrible I know.)
Now everyone is at school and I'd like to think we are done for the season! I'll take that version of the pandemic any day.
Yikes! Oh, I so don't want that to happen here, but how do you avoid it with kids at school, church and husbands who work in hospitals. I'm dreading it.
Your poor kids! Not to mention poor mother.
Oh Kris, that sounds like little Ish was miserable!! So sorry, hope sickness can stay gone for a long time from your house now!!!
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